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Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees Announced

LucasArts announces a new expansion for Star Wars Galaxies placed in the Episode III timeline.

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced today that Star Wars Galaxies will have a new download tentatively called Episode III Rage of the Wookiees.

Rage of the Wookiees will contain content taken directly from the upcomong Star Wars film, including the Wookiee home planet, Kashyyyk. Players will have the option to defend the freedom of the Wookies, or fight with the Imperial aligned Trandoshan enslavers in over 100 missions.

Players will be able to explore locations of interest, including the Wookiee tree cities, Trandoshan slave games and Rodian safari lands. New starcraft will debut in the game, including the Jedi Starfighter flown by Anakin Skywalker along with creatures and mounts taken from Revenge of the Sith.

In addition to the new content, space mining, a new type of gameplay, will be introduced. Space mining will allow players to mine asteroids, collecting raw materials to sell to crafters. Any starcraft can be outfitted for space mining, but those who are dedicated will earn more sophisticated equipment for their ship, allowing them to travel through space while mining and fighting with up to 19 other players as the ship's crew.